The Dominican Foreign Minister expresses the country's concern about the crisis in the neighboring nation.

Being young and lacking financial experience is one of the main difficulties in accessing credit in banking establishments, since age represents a high-risk profile. However, the results of a study carried out in several countries show that many of the consumers who enter the credit market for the first time have a medium risk profile, good behavior in their commitments and sufficient knowledge of the financial sector.

The US and the Dominican Republic Friday jointly announced the formation of a technical working group to address alleged labor violations in the latter’s sugar sector. The announcement touts the new working group, saying: